Ocypode brevicornis
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Ocypode brevicornis is a species of ghost crab native to the Indian Ocean, from the Gulf of Oman to the Nicobar Islands. They are relatively large ghost crabs with a somewhat trapezoidal body. The carapace reaches a length of 41 mm (1.6 in) and a width of 50 mm (2.0 in). They are a mottled brown to yellow in coloration. Like other ghost crabs, one of their claws is much larger than the other. Their eyestalks are large and elongated, tipped with prolongations at the tip known as styles. They are common inhabitants of open sandy beaches, living in burrows in the intertidal zone.
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Ocypode brevicornis from Chennai, India | |
An 1882 illustration of the eyestalks and the front of the carapace of Ocypode brevicornis by Edward J. Miers[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Ocypodidae |
Genus: | Ocypode |
Species: | O. brevicornis |
Binomial name | |
Ocypode brevicornis H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 | |
Ocypode brevicornis distribution range (in green) | |
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